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The awayWEB Virtual VPN
Architecture Overview

Cris Bailiff, CTO /dev/secure
c.bailiff@awayweb.com
http://www.awayweb.com

Satisfying the user demand for remote access to corporate information is a continual headache for IT managers. With the wide availability of ISP connectivity and services organisations wishing to move forward from the traditional legacy approach of dialup communications can leverage Internet based technology standardised on TCP/IP solutions. Most organisations now view Virtual Private Network (VPN) technology as the preferred solution to utilise this low cost, widely available infrastructure.

VPNs allow computer communications across these open, public, network infrastructures, using reliable, and proven encryption technologies. This ensures that all communications across these public networks remain private and confidential.

Whilst the principles of VPN solutions are widely understood, the reality is that designing, procuring, implementing and deploying a secure, robust VPN based solution can be a complex, slow and expensive process. Conventional VPN software must be deployed and maintained on every client machine. Corporate firewalls and other infrastructure may be incompatible with the installed system. The results may not realise the promised return on invested time and capital.

Just like a traditional VPN the awayWEB system offers secure remote access over the Internet, but without the problems of deploying client software and then making the VPN operate within the existing infrastructure. The awayWEB approach is to provide secured access to internal resources by leveraging the power of already installed commodity infrastructure - the standard web browser.